Re: Very basic question about Archive logs - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From David G. Johnston
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In response to AW: Very basic question about Archive logs  ("Subramanian,Ramachandran" <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>)
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On Thursday, March 26, 2026, Subramanian,Ramachandran <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de> wrote:

If I apply the base backup from Monday 0100 , how does Postgres know which Archive Logs need to be applied from its current state to get to the PIT.  Obviously when the basebackup was taken, the now needed logs did not exist. So this information cannot have been recorded during the backup.

We’ve documented how to actually use the software.


David J.

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